The C.D. Howe Institute is governed by its Board of Directors, which is composed of leaders from business and the not-for-profit sector. The Board meets twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The Board has three main responsibilities: to approve the strategic direction of the Institute’s policy work, to ensure that the Institute’s commitments to independence and quality are upheld, and to ensure that the Institute’s management runs the organization efficiently and prudently, making the best possible use of donations and member and subscriber contributions.
![Hugh L. MacKinnon](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Hugh%202023.png.jpg?itok=n0D-SSDd)
Chair, Hugh L. MacKinnon
Chair Emeritus, Bennett Jones LLP![Blake C. Goldring](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Blake%202023.png.jpg?itok=1IHqok9G)
Vice-Chair, Blake C. Goldring, C.M., M.S.M., CD
Executive Chairman, AGF Management Ltd.![Aaron Regent](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Aaron%202023.png.jpg?itok=S4Fqz1LI)
Vice-Chair, Aaron Regent, FCPA, FCA
Chairman and CEO, Magris Performance Materials Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Scotiabank![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2024-02/Bill%20Robson_2024.png.jpg?itok=O-9N2V_K)
CEO, William B.P. Robson
Chief Executive OfficerDirectors
![Brad W. Corson](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Brad%202023.png.jpg?itok=j7G6eUxi)
Brad W. Corson
Chairman, President & CEO, Imperial Oil Limited![Gilles Ouellette](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Gilles%202023.png.jpg?itok=xwT_jplA)
Gilles Ouellette
Chairman, Asset Management, BMO Financial Group![Geoff Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Geoff%202023.png.jpg?itok=_BTJKeto)
Geoff Smith
Executive Chair, EllisDon![Rick Ekstein](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Rick%202023.png.jpg?itok=Mc_aLNrG)
Rick Ekstein
President and CEO, Phaze 3 Management![Laura Dottori-Attanasio](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Laura%202023.png.jpg?itok=5nbCPPCs)
Laura Dottori-Attanasio
President, Element Fleet Management Corp.![Cyrus Madon](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Cyrus%202023.png.jpg?itok=PJ8oZkDv)
Cyrus Madon
Executive Chairman, Private Equity, Brookfield Asset Management Inc.![Eric Bedard](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Eric%20Bedard_2023.png.jpg?itok=XAgqB-PF)
Éric Bédard
Managing Partner, Québec, Fasken![Marcia Moffat](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2023-09/Marcia%20Moffat_2023.png.jpg?itok=Am7DlzhT)
Marcia Moffat
Managing Director – Country Head of Canada, BlackRock![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2024-06/Rosanne%20Hill%20Blaisdell%202024.png.jpg?itok=vX9dgg3z)
Rosanne Hill Blaisdell
President and CEO, Harvard Developments![](/sites/default/files/styles/staff_280x280/public/2024-02/Jonathan%20Tetault_2024.png.jpg?itok=diwgWnd_)